Brigalow Belt South Bioregion

The Brigalow Belt South Bioregion lies in northern NSW and southern Qld, extending from south of Dubbo in central-western NSW to the mid-Qld coast.The bioregion has a total area of 27,196,933 hectares, of which 5,333,469 hectares (19.61 per cent) fall within NSW (Environment Australia 2000), occupying 6.7 per cent of the state.

The bioregion shares its borders with five other bioregions; the Nandewar and North Coast bioregions in the east, the Sydney Basin and South Western Slopes bioregions to the south and the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion on its western border.

The towns of Baradine, Binnaway, Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Gunnedah, Merriwa, Moree and Narrabri occur within the bioregion.

Several major rivers flow through the bioregion including the MacIntyre, Gwydir, Namoi, Castlereagh, Goulburn, Talbragar and Macquarie Rivers, their catchments forming an integral part of the Murray-Darling River System. The Liverpool Range in the southeastern corner of the bioregion feeds the headwaters of the Hunter and Namoi Rivers.